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  2. Lorentz factor - Wikipedia

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    Its initial value is 1 (when v = 0); and as velocity approaches the speed of light (vc) γ increases without bound (γ → ∞). α (Lorentz factor inverse) as a function of velocity—a circular arc. In the table below, the left-hand column shows speeds as different fractions of the speed of light (i.e. in units of c). The middle column ...

  3. Kinetic energy - Wikipedia

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    This equation states that the kinetic energy (E k) is equal to the integral of the dot product of the momentum (p) of a body and the infinitesimal change of the velocity (v) of the body. It is assumed that the body starts with no kinetic energy when it is at rest (motionless).

  4. Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia

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    μ is the "mobility", or the ratio of the particle's terminal drift velocity to an applied force, μ = v d /F; k B is the Boltzmann constant ; T is the absolute temperature .

  5. Equipartition theorem - Wikipedia

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    The (Newtonian) kinetic energy of a particle of mass m, velocity v is given by = | | = (+ +), where v x, v y and v z are the Cartesian components of the velocity v.Here, H is short for Hamiltonian, and used henceforth as a symbol for energy because the Hamiltonian formalism plays a central role in the most general form of the equipartition theorem.

  6. Derivations of the Lorentz transformations - Wikipedia

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    In the fundamental branches of modern physics, namely general relativity and its widely applicable subset special relativity, as well as relativistic quantum mechanics and relativistic quantum field theory, the Lorentz transformation is the transformation rule under which all four-vectors and tensors containing physical quantities transform from one frame of reference to another.

  7. Energy–momentum relation - Wikipedia

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    This equation holds for a body or system, such as one or more particles, with total energy E, invariant mass m 0, and momentum of magnitude p; the constant c is the speed of light. It assumes the special relativity case of flat spacetime [1] [2] [3] and that the particles are free.

  8. Proper velocity - Wikipedia

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    Log-log plot of γ (blue), v/c (cyan), and η (yellow) versus proper velocity w/c (i.e. momentum p/mc).Note that w/c is tracked by v/c at low speeds and by γ at high speeds. The dashed red curve is γ − 1 (kinetic energy K/mc 2), while the dashed magenta curve is the relativistic Doppler factor.

  9. Lorentz space - Wikipedia

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    The quasinorm is invariant under rearranging the values of the function , essentially by definition.In particular, given a complex-valued measurable function defined on a measure space, (,), its decreasing rearrangement function, : [,) [,] can be defined as